Hurricanes Fall To No. 13 ArizonaHurricanes Fall To No. 13 Arizona

Hurricanes Fall To No. 13 Arizona

Men's Tennis

The University of Miami men's tennis team dropped its first match of ITA Kickoff Weekend against No. 13 Arizona, 4-0, on Saturday evening.

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team dropped its first match of ITA Kickoff Weekend against No. 13 Arizona, 4-0, on Saturday evening.

Doubles was a back-and-forth battle, but the Wildcats came out victorious. Herman Hoeyeraal and Gustaf Strom defeated Adrien Burdet and Martin Katz, 6-3, court two. Miami answered with a court-three win from Sam Baumagrtner and Nacho Serra Sanchez over Nick Lagaev and Sasha Rozin, 6-4.

Coming down to the last court, the No. 11 ranked duo of Colton Smith and Jay Friend came from behind and won 7-6 (5) over Vladislav Melnic and Antonio Prat to clinch the doubles point for the Wildcats.

Arizona then claimed three-straight courts, starting with No. 34 Friend (UA) defeating Katz, 6-3, 6-1, on court two.

On court five, Hoeyeraal took down Rahman, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, while No. 5 Smith secured the match with a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 win over Melnic at the top court.

When play was halted, Prat was up 7-6 (5), 1-6, 1-0 to No. 63 Strom, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 1-0, Lagaev was up 6-2, 4-6, 4-3 to Burdet, and Serra Sanchez was up 7-6 (3), 4-6, 1-0 to Christensen.

The Hurricanes will compete in the consolation match tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET against Tulane.